Category: BEach

I have written about the Fuji 18-55 in the past. However, on New Years Day i was shooting up in Old Orchard Beach in Maine using this wonderful little lens. It’s lightweight, solidly built, and oh so darn sharp!

As proof how sharp this this little puppy is, check out this screenshot of my lightroom image of Old Orchard Beach at 200% — Yes. 200% !! This is the raw file, Sharpened with 100% details, 41 pts of sharpening. Then below it is the full screen! Now, look at that sharpness and clarity!! I can read the Shipyard Beer sign out on the pier and that isn’t even dead center; more like top center!

Would the 16-55 2.8 be sharper? Meh. Maybe. But this is pretty darn freakin’ sharp for me, and the weight/size savings alone are, to me, worth the tiny loss of sharpness. I’d rather be more light and mobile. Your mileage may vary.

One of my last images on my photo trip up to Maine. This was on the banks of the Penobscot River. And you have to admit — that Fuji Green is freakin’ amazing!

Hence why when I shot film — even as recently as five years ago with my medium format gear I opted for Fuji Velvia!! Eye-popping color for sure especially the greens!

The Fuji film emulations as I mentioned in my previous post are one of the many reasons I love the Fuji cameras! Heck, even going back to one of my first Fuji dSLR’s a Fujifilm S1Pro. That was a beast of a camera. Used Nikon lenses on it. The skin tones were to die for, and the greens and yellows: unfathomable color depth. I remember it was 3.1MP and I basically shot in jpeg only. The BASE ISO was 320! The low light performance up to around ISO 800 was pretty darn good! Fuji has had it going on for quite some time now! Their Ju-Ju sauce just works.

At Sunset Beach at the tip of Cape May New Jersey hundreds of folks, tourists, locals and others scour the beach at low tide hunting for the famous “Cape May Diamonds.”

These are tiny, shiny, and folks collect them. This past weekend, even in driving rain it was no different with hundreds of folks enjoying their summer vacation. Enjoy.

Fuji X-T1, 35mm F1.4 @ F7.1, ISO 100, 1/3rd second, Remote, Tripod, Polarizer.This is a RAF file processed in LR and my FIRST time using the Classic Chrome Film Simulation in LR. Originally I photographed this in Astia (Click for a larger version)